Results for the first half of 2017: Significant improvement in profit – order backlog remains good despite drop in order intake – 10% sales growth

• EBIT margin nearly doubled to 4.0%
• Net profit climbs to CHF 6.4 million or 3.2 percent of sales, plus 133%
• Order intake down 39% to CHF 142 million from prior-year period, 5% decline in local currency over the preceding 12-month period
• Order backlog of CHF 284 million secures capacity utilization for almost one year
• Sales advance 10% to CHF 202 million
• Consistent implementation of strategy